Bet you guys that by the time they price it out, the new 2 series for all intents and purposes will be the old 3 series E92 and E93. You'd probably be looking at entry of 50 grand and north of 60 grand for the 4 series all in.

As I have just sold my E92 manual coupe after 5 years I was looking forward to the new Coupe (Don't care what they call it 3 or 4) BUT...this looks like the F30 with a coupe rear..BUTT ugly I just don't get that front end, nor the silly i-Pad screen which looks like an afterthought (I am assuming they will do the same to the coupe)
I have now seen plenty of the new F30 and can't say I like it, so if the coupe looks anyhting like it...will be another brand for me...big issue is Audi do not offer any manuals (And yes I will only get another manual)...not sure about Merc.

Audi doesn't offer any manuals in their Australian market cars? If so, that's a bummer. Both the A5 and S5 are available with a manual in the US.

I like the render from the OP, but I reserve judgement until the actual thing comes out.

These renders are usually just a way to fill time until the car is officially revealed, and as entertaining as it might be, it really doesn't mean anything at all. It's just a nice drawing someone did.

Re-badge? Why not just de-badge and make the car look better in the process?
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Nah re-badging carries more of that rebellious spirit that made 'Merica once so great. I mean, anyone can debadge an M4 and have no questions asked to him. But the rebellious rebadger now has the ability to answer the question "Hey how's you get a coupe M3?? I thought they stopped making that and they were all M4's now???'

Audi doesn't offer any manuals in their Australian market cars? If so, that's a bummer. Both the A5 and S5 are available with a manual in the US.

It's not much of a bummer, VW/Audi's manuals are so rubbery and vague and their clutch pedals so soft that even though every car I've owned so far has been manual, I wouldn't bother going with another manual transmission if I was getting an Audi. (especially when the DSG is so good and available on a lot of their cars)

I hope the new 4 looks a lot like the render in the original post, and it looks nothing like that Accord. The only resemblance I see is the Hofmeister Kink which they copied from BMW...oh, and the color.